Blacksburg vs Elliston

A side-by-side comparison of Blacksburg and Elliston: population, income, housing, and more.

Blacksburg and Elliston are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blacksburg has the higher population (45,288 vs 1,041 in Elliston). Blacksburg has the higher median home value ($417,200 vs $162,500 in Elliston). Since 2019, Blacksburg's population has grown faster (+2.2% vs -1.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Blacksburg	Elliston
Population	45,288	1,041
Median age	21.9 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,070	—
Median home value	$417,200	$162,500
Median gross rent	$1,290	$913
Housing units	16,893	503
Homeownership rate	34.2%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.7%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blacksburg	Elliston
Population	44,303 → 45,288 (+2.2%)	1,060 → 1,041 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$43,173 → $48,070 (+11.3%)	$58,374 → $33,870 (-42.0%)
Median home value	$298,400 → $417,200 (+39.8%)	$130,100 → $162,500 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,107 → $1,290 (+16.5%)	$699 → $913 (+30.6%)

Blacksburg

Population

44,30345,288

Median household income

$43,173$48,070

Median home value

$298,400$417,200

Median gross rent

$1,107$1,290

Elliston

Population

1,0601,041

Median household income

$58,374$33,870

Median home value

$130,100$162,500

Median gross rent

$699$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blacksburg	Elliston
Under 5	2.6%	9.8%
5 to 17	7.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	53.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	4.2%
35 to 44	7.9%	17.6%
45 to 54	5.7%	17.4%
55 to 64	4.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	5.0%	9.5%
75 and over	2.8%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blacksburg	Elliston
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	55.4%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	10.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	44.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blacksburg	Elliston
No high school diploma	1.7%	1.5%
High school graduate	11.8%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	41.1%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blacksburg	Elliston
Drove alone	53.9%	95.5%
Carpooled	6.6%	0.0%
Public transit	6.6%	0.0%
Walked	10.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	4.5%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blacksburg	Elliston
1-unit, detached	37.5%	36.4%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	35.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	48.7%

Poverty & households

	Blacksburg	Elliston
Poverty rate	42.8%	42.3%
Average household size	2.55	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1983	1985